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bracing
brac·ing
('brAsing),
adj.
1. strengthening;
invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
2. of, pertaining to,
or serving as a brace.
–n.
3. a brace.
4. braces
collectively: The bracing on this scaffold is weak.
5. material, as
timber, used for braces.
[1475–85;
BRACE
(v.) + -ING1,
-ING2]
—brac 'ing·ly,
adv.
—brac 'ing·ness,
n.
—Syn.1.
stimulating, revivifying, energizing. (Random
House Webster's, Unabridged). Look at
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In front of him, though, Bud Guthrie saw a chronicle of decline. Ear Mountain
still towered in the distance, but the fields and streams surrounding his
boyhood home of Choteau, Montana, had changed, and the land that Guthrie had
memorably dubbed "Big Sky" country seemed smaller. When Guthrie was a boy, the
Teton River ran full and pristine; he would drop on his belly to slurp its
water, or take a dip in the bracing stream, studying the patterns on the
minnows.
—— David Whitman in
The Return of the Grizzly; Parts
of the West are braced for a second coming;
The Atlantic, Sep 2000
But in an era where the public demand for "getting tough on crime" now
encompasses a demand for "getting tough on prisoners," McKean and institutions
like it have, not surprisingly, come under fire. These days America, bracing
itself for a crime wave, is increasingly fearful. Rehabilitation is out of vogue;
retributive justice is in.
——
Worth on Prisons in America;
An Online Conference with Robert Worth; The Atlantic, Nov 14, 1995
It was not clear last night what caused the Columbia's demise so
close to home, but with the world bracing for war in Iraq -- and
with terrorism fears heightened by the presence of the first Israeli
in space -- U.S. officials said they saw nothing to suggest foul
play.
——
'Columbia
is Lost';
Shuttle Disintegrates on Reentry, Killing 7 Aboard; Michael Grunwald
to Washington Post, Feb 2, 2003
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